Union, Progress and Democracy
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Union, Progress and Democracy
Unión Progreso y Democracia |
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| Spokesperson | Cristiano Brown |
| Founded | 26 September 2007 |
| Headquarters | C/ Juan Bravo, 3A 28006, Madrid |
| Think tank | Progress and Democracy Foundation |
| Membership (2017) | ≈1,500 |
| Ideology |
Progressivism Social liberalism Secularism Centralism Reformism European federalism Radical centrism Monarchism Spanish patriotism |
| Political position | Centre |
| European affiliation | None |
| International affiliation | None |
| European Parliament group | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe |
| Colours | Magenta |
| European Parliament |
1 / 54
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| Local Government (2015) |
128 / 67,511
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| Mayors in Spain |
4 / 8,122
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| Website | |
| www.upyd.es | |
Union, Progress and Democracy (Spanish: Unión Progreso y Democracia[uˈnjon, pɾoˈɣɾeso i ðemoˈkɾaθja]; officially abbreviated as UPyD [upeiˈðe], although it's occasionally abbreviated as UPYD or UPD [upeˈðe]) is a Spanish political party founded in September 2007. It is a social liberal party which rejects any form of nationalism, especially peripheral nationalism like the separatist Basque and Catalan movements. The party is deeply pro-European and wants the European Union to adopt a federal system without overlap between the European, national and regional governments. Besides, the magenta party wants to replace the State of Autonomies with a symmetric and highly centralized, albeit still federal, system in Spain as well as substituting a more proportional election law for the current one.
Mikel Buesa, at a 2007 party presentation, and Rosa Díez, in a 2007 interview for a magazine, explained the origin of the three concepts which make up the party's name: Union because of their "unconditional defence of the unity of Spain as a guarantor of all Spaniards' equality before the law". Progress because they affirm to be "a progressive party with social liberal roots and respectful of individual liberty". And Democracy because of their "commitment to radical regeneration of democracy".
UPyD first stood for election in the 9 March 2008 general election. It received 303,246 votes, or 1.2 percent of the national total, and one seat in the Congress of Deputies for party co-founder Rosa Díez, becoming the newest party with national representation in Spain. Although its core is in the Basque Autonomous Community, with roots in anti-ETA civic associations, it addresses a national audience. Prominent members of the party include philosopher Fernando Savater, party founder and former PSOE MEP Rosa Díez, philosopher Carlos Martínez Gorriarán and writer Álvaro Pombo.
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